(Hey! Ok…I know, the last chapter was kinda weird…huh? I know the chapters are sooo short…..but….I think it'll get longer and more detailed later in the story. Ok? Or at least in the 2nd part. Anyways….thanks for reviewing ppls!)

(Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown or the characters.)

The ground started to shake and that's when I woke up. A rock fell and hit me, but it was a small scratch. Awoken and startled, I got up and that's when I felt something on me. It was my jacket! But…I remembered giving it to him. I looked around for Rai which I found out was not here. I mean, you would to if you were all alone in a cave, the only person that you have feelings for is gone, and you were completely clueless on what you're going to do next? And that's when I realized that…I had feelings for RAIMUNDO! I could totally feel my cheeks burning. I kind of panicked too. I mean, I knew I liked him…maybe even a simple crush, but…I don't know…things changed.

"Rai?"

I kept calling his name. Even screamed for him a couple of times. I began to panic even more. I panic a lot, have you noticed? You know what else? I began to feel a little dizzy too. Everything started to move and my head throbbed. I noticed I was still wet from last night. And I felt my head. Not only was I warm, I felt bad too. Calling Rai's name one last time in a whisper I doubt he'd hear, I passed out.

I woke up probably a hour or two after I passed out. There I saw Rai sitting, just staring into the fire. I looked at him. "Rai?"

He turned and smiled. "Hey."

I got up and sighed. He gave me a look. "You know, you should have dried off first before going to sleep."

"Yea…well you didn't either!"

He nodded. "But you gave me your jacket, and I'm guessing when I gave it to you, which was when I got up, it was too late."

"Well, yea. But I'm better now! It was probably a little cold."

I coughed a few times. Great. So maybe I was sick. But just a little. He gently pushed me back down onto the ground. "No. You need rest, Kimiko. You're not going to get any better if you don't get rest."

I nodded. He was totally right. It wasn't a bad cold. Just a slight one. "BUT! If something happens, wake me up. I had plenty of rest just a few minutes ago."

"Fine."

I was happy. We began to be serious. Which is good. We can't stay here forever. (Wishing I could…) Soon, there wouldn't be any food. Water was fine. The body of water we found was fresh water. I'm not so sure if it's clean though. I probably didn't mention it, but there was a hole. Above the water. I mean, we both noticed. But knew it would be impossible to escape though there. It was too high up. How I wished I bought the Jetbootsu. Anyways, I decided to at least fall asleep. And I did. After a while…

There was strong scent interrupted my sleep. It smelled good. Or at least good enough to wake me up. I was starving. I got up and stretched. I saw Raimundo, cooking something with a funny looking bowl thing and a pair of…

"Chopsticks?" I asked.

He shook his head and gave a weak smile. "Actually…there those things you stick in your hair."

My eyes widened. "WHAT! Those are expensive!"

He rolled his eyes. "Come one Kim, this is a matter of life and death. Do you want to starve and die and never see your friends and family again because you didn't want to cook something with your hair thing, or do you want to use it for something useful?"

I frowned. "Well, it sounds mean when you say it that way."

He chuckled. "Whatever. Just help me with these. How the heck do people use sticks to cook?"

I sighed and showed him. He looked at me. "What was Ramen (type of instant noodles you could cook in 3-5 min.) doing in your backpack anyways?"

I smiled. "It's not exactly Ramen. It's different. You can crush the dry noodles and put the powder on it for seasoning and just throw away the oil pack. Then you eat them. Dried. Or you could cook them. Either way. Eating it dried is just quicker." (A/N: I love those soo much. Yum yum!)

He nodded. After cooking it, we ate it. In weird looking bowls. I shook my head. "How'd you get these?"

He showed me his hands which were basically covered with redish brownish dirt. "Lucky for us, this cave has clay. I used it to make bowls, and dried them in the sun near that place we found and yea…"

I laughed. They were basically messed up, uneven and probably not the prettiest thing you've seen. But it was good.

After eating we just sat for a few minutes. Thinking. Then, just all of a sudden, he got up and kicked the side of the cave hard, causing some little rocks to fall. I was surprised. Or maybe I wasn't. We WERE stranded or trapped, now that I thought about it. I looked at him. "Rai? You ok?"

He hesitated. "We need to get out of here."

I agreed. "You can say that again."

"Ok….we need to get out of here…"

I shook my head. What an idiot. But that's why I liked him. I smiled to myself. "Rai, just stop."

He smirked. "Stop what?"

I smiled again. At least we were teasing each other again. It was weird at first. You know how you like someone and once you realize it, it gets kind of awkward? That was what I was feeling right now.

I felt a whole lot better. Me and Rai began to start talking about. About his life, and mine. I told him about my father, and how he doesn't always have time for me. We'd use to talk to each other and eat lunch and dinner together, but now…it was different. You know? He'd always have to go to work and usually comes home late. Whenever I needed a shoulder to cry on, he'd usually be there. Usually. Or I'd type him an email about it. He would reply. Once in a while. However, there were still a lot of messages I sent him that he still didn't reply. I decided that I can't just let my life go to waste. The main reason I wanted to go to the temple was to be free. I didn't want to be cooped up in a big mansion doing nothing. I mean, I had friends, but they had there life too. They can't be with me every second. I needed actual care. Not nannies who hardly even knows my name. Coming to the temple also gave my self to let out any anger I had cooped up. Or I'd just write (or typed) in a diary like a regular girl. Rai nodded. "What about your mother?"

I hesitated. "She….died when I was three. She had cancer."

"I'm sorry."

And that's when tears formed in my eyes. "You see, I don't really talk about this to anybody. I mean, my dad never wanted me to. He'd never say anything about her. He wanted nothing to do with her. I knew deep down he truly loved her."

And that's when the weirdest thing happened. Rai, insensitive Rai, put his arms around me. Holding me, caring for me, and then that's when I started crying. Nobody has ever showed me this kind of gesture. You might think I'm exaggerating. I get hugs from my dad. But….that was a long time ago. My nannies, they didn't care. If I got hurt, they'd get me a band-aid or whatever and then leave. I was alone. Hurt. But they didn't care. They wanted to be paid.

As we broke apart, I smiled. "Thanks Rai. I needed that more than you think."

"Glad I could help."

I totally blushed. He was being so nice to be and that's all I could do? BLUSH! He saved me, help me when I was down, comfort me, and that's all I could do….blush? Yea…I know, I'm freaking out, but you would too right? I wanted to do something for him too.

Rai frowned and I knew why. We were hungry. Really hungry. He whimpered. "I need food…and water."

I laughed. "Well, if you hadn't splashed WATER all over my FACE, maybe we'd have some water left."

He grinned. "Well, if you hadn't thrown a COOKIE IN MY FACE, we'd have some food left!"

I rolled my eyes. "Well! Did I said I was hungry? No!"

He looked me slyly. "Please girl, you're hungry. You know it. Your just making up excuses, aren't you?"

I laughed again and got up. "Well, maybe I am! But one thing's for sure I bet I could find food in this creepy weird cave."

He raised an eyebrow. "Really then? Let's see to it then. I'll find some water, and you'll find food. How about it?"

I hesitated. "Maybe it should----"

"---No, no, no! You said it first. You said you bet you could find food in this creepy weird cave."

I pouted. "That's not fair…the water in the body of water we found was fresh water and…."

But I didn't get to continue my sentence. The ground began to shake. Again. I groaned. NOT AGAIN! Rocks began to fall and it was totally like what happened last time. Except this time, I don't plan on being saved.

"RUN!"

Rai looked at me, puzzled. "What are you talking about! WHERE DO WE RUN? WE'RE TRAPPED!"

I groaned. I dodged a couple of rocks, but it was no use. The ground was also shaking, which caused me to fall. Hard. But I didn't give up. After a few more minutes of freaking out, I figured out what happened.

At that moment, a loud sound was heard, and the walls of rocks that trapped us began to rumble and fall. A large metallic object appeared and I realized it was the Tunnel Armadillo! As the shaking stopped, I looked at Rai. "Jack Spicer has that shen gong wu!"

His frown turned into a smile. "OR maybe not!"

Turning, I saw Omi and Clay walking towards us, along with Dojo by their side. I screamed with happiness. "OMI! CLAY!"

I greeted Omi and Clay happily. "How'd you guys get the shen gong wu?"

Omi smiled happily. "We went to Jack Spicer's place and we….oh…gave him a piece of our…uh…"

Rai rolled his eyes. "Mind?"

"Oh yes! Thank you my good friend Raimundo."

I laughed. Clay smiled. "So, how'd you guys survive in a place like this?"

I groaned. "We'll tell you later. Just get us out of here! I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!"

We arrived at the Xiaolin Temple around night. Which was a good thing too, because I didn't want to do anything else. I took a shower, and went straight to bed, saying good night to everyone. When I mean straight to bed, I mean straight to bed….but I couldn't help but check my laptop, PDA and cell phone for any new stuff. Haha. I know. But I wanted to reply and tell everyone, or tell Keiko, my bff, what happened. Keiko of course emailed me and I told her EVERYTHING. E-V-E-R-T-H-I-N-G. From him stealing my diary, to us getting saved. Everything. It took a while, but it was worth it. I copied it and saved it to the file where I would put all my personal things. I smiled. I checked my cell phone and found 15 messages. All but one was from Keiko. I gave a weak laugh. But I didn't have the strength to call anyone back or check to see who the other person was…..mostly because I already fell asleep.

I woke up around 11. The sun was shinning so brightly, it woke me up. I yawned and stretched, as usual. I brushed my teeth, and took a cold shower. I was so happy to be back home. After changing to my usual robes, and putting my hair up into pigtails, I decided to check my messages. I was going to call Keiko first, but I wanted to find out who the other person was who called. And guess who it was! MY DAD!
I was totally surprised, since my dad doesn't really call me. I played the message over and over, because I totally didn't believe it. HE'S THROWING A PARTY! AND ME AND MY FRIENDS ARE INVITED! I was totally shocked. Why would he throw a party? Now? This month was one of the busiest month. It's December and everyone knows what that special holiday is in December…..CHRISTMAS! You see, since he owns a big video games company, and a lot of people order video games for the boys during Christmas. Daddy's company is basically number one. Anyways….like I said, I was totally surprised. Running, I found Rai, Omi, and Clay, sparring.

I told them the news, and they didn't really know how to respond to it.

Rai, was basically just surprised. "A party? In Tokyo?"

I nodded. "COME ON! Its going to be the biggest party of the year! And there's girls…rich ones!"

He raised an eye brow and smiled. "Oh yea! I'm totally going!"
I squealed. "Omi! Clay! Please?"

In the end, they agreed. I totally knew they would. I mean, seriously they should go! It would be a time to relax. And show them the place where I lived.

I smiled. "Ok! Now. we're going to Tokyo in a couple of days. So pack up everything you'd think you need."

Omi looked confused. "But….how about Master Fung? And clothes?"

I nodded. "Well…before we go to my place, you know we're going to have to go shopping…"

And that's when they groaned….and that's when I laughed. Besides, I needed something new to wear. Right?

(A/N: HEY! Hope you like it! Wow…I know it was kinda rushed…huh? From being saved already and stuff…but I couldn't think of anything! So sorry if it was confusing or anything! Anyways….uh…let's see….it's kinda weird…huh? Well…sorry if it is. And THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!)